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"Why do we have to aim for the world's No. 1 — what's wrong with being the world's No. 2?" That short question about Japan's vaunted K supercomputer program has...The Japan Times From ACM Opinion | February 13, 2012
If you use Google, and I know you do, you may have noticed a little banner popping up at the top of the page announcing: "We're changing our privacy policy and...CNN From ACM Opinion | February 10, 2012
Some forms of biotechnology have become notoriously controversial. Genetic modification of crops, for example, altered the food supply in ways some consumers...The Scientist From ACM Opinion | February 7, 2012
Last week, Facebook filed documents with the government that will allow it to sell shares of stock to the public. It is estimated to be worth at least $75 billion...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | February 6, 2012
The New York Times recently ran an opinion piece about the concept of a morality pill, a theoretical-but-apparently-not-implausible panacea for humankind's ethical...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | February 5, 2012
Once upon a time, a very long time ago, in 1995 to be precise, a scholar named Eli Noam published an article in the prestigious journal Science under the titleElectronics...The Guardian From ACM Opinion | February 5, 2012
Every day, those of us who live in the digital world give little bits of ourselves away. On Facebook and LinkedIn. To servers that store our email, Google searches...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | February 1, 2012
David Karp, the founder of the blogging platform Tumblr, was 17 when he decided to cut the apron strings and move to Tokyo. With a smattering of Japanese and a...The Guardian From ACM Opinion | January 31, 2012
We welcomed the collapse this month of two flawed bills to prevent online piracy, bills that could have stifled speech and undermined Internet safety. But piracy...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | January 30, 2012
The Megaupload takedown, and the arrest of its key employees, might seem to vindicate late 1990s worries about the Internet and jurisdiction. Does putting a site...Arstechnica From ACM Opinion | January 26, 2012
Locked in our federal vaults is a tremendous storehouse of information that if digitized would form a core for our digital public libraries in America with huge...Center for American Progress From ACM Opinion | January 26, 2012
In its early days, the Web was often imagined as a global clearinghouse—a new type of library, with the sum total of human knowledge always at our fingertips. Slate From ACM Opinion | January 24, 2012
By most measures, the Android platform is an enormous success. It dominates the smartphone space in terms of market share, with over a quarter of a billion currently...Wired From ACM Opinion | January 23, 2012
Last week was a remarkable one for the Web: A week that proved George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" incredibly prescient yet woefully incorrect.CNN From ACM Opinion | January 23, 2012
Upon closer examination, everything old appears to be new again in the realm of software engineering.Marvin V. Zelkowitz From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2012
Examining the role of human emotional response in making complex security-related decisions.Rose McDermott From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2012